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Old 29th October 2008 | 02:22
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Slipstream86, one more very important feature of pilot headsets is their ruggedness/reliability. I am intimately familiar with the model you refer to. Its typical lifetime when used at the desk is 3-6 months. When fixed, it will break again even sooner. I fixed mine three times just to check if it will ever stop breaking or not. It didn't. In fact, none of 5-10-20-euro computer headsets I have had in recent years (four or five different models) lived for more than a year. They all fail unexpectedly and intermittently, irritating the hell out of you when they suddenly die at the most important moment. I do wear 10-euro sunglasses and they serve me well, but will never use such a headset in the cockpit.
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